SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A DECENTRALIZED PLATFORM FOR CONNECTING MEMBERS OF AN OPEN-SCIENCE COMMUNITY

摘要

Systems and methods of managing research agreements between members in an open-science community are disclosed. A method includes recording a proposal from a researcher in a decentralized ledger, storing funds from a funder in the decentralized ledger, generating a first notification in the decentralized ledger that distributes an indicator to the researcher and the funder that a first portion of the research is to commence, recording deliverables from the researcher to the decentralized ledger, recording votes that indicate whether the deliverables comply with rules established from the proposal in the decentralized ledger, and when a majority of the votes indicates that the deliverables complies with the rules, distributing a tranche of the funds to the researcher and recording the distribution in the decentralized ledger and generating a second notification that distributes an indicator to the researcher and the funder that a second portion of the research is to commence.